Gel electrolyte and polymer secondary battery using same
The present invention relates to a gel electrolyte comprising a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by formula (1). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gel electrolyte capable of suppressing the self-discharge of a polymer secondary battery, and a polymer secondary battery using the gel electrolyte. wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a halogen group or an amino group with the proviso that R 1 and R 2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; R 3 represents a linkage group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a fluoroalkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a divalent group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which alkylene units or fluoroalkylene units are bonded through an ether group.
1. A gel electrolyte comprising a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by the general formula (1):
wherein in the general formula (1), R 1 is a hydrogen atom, R 2 is —C m H 2m+1 (m=1, 2 or 3) and R 3 is —CH 2 .
2. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , further comprising a compound having one or more sulfonyl groups in addition to the cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by the general formula (1).
3. The gel electrolyte according to claim 2 , comprising, as the compound having a sulfonyl group, a sultone compound represented by the following general formula (2):
wherein in the general formula (2), n is an integer of 0 or more and 2 or less; and R 1 to R 6 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms and an aryl group having 6 or more and 12 or less carbon atoms.
4. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by the general formula (1) is included in a content of 0.005% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less in relation to the total mass of the gel electrolyte.
5. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , further comprising a vinylene carbonate or a derivative thereof.
6. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , comprising one or two or more polymers selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylate, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyacrylonitrile and polyethylene oxide.
7. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , comprising, as a nonaqueous solvent, one or more solvents selected from the group consisting of cyclic carbonates, linear carbonates, aliphatic carboxylic acid esters, γ-lactones, cyclic ethers, linear ethers and the fluorine derivatives of these compounds.
8. The gel electrolyte according to claim 1 , comprising, as a lithium salt, one or more materials selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiClO 4 , LiAlCl 4 , and LiN(C n F 2n+1 SO 2 )(C m F 2m+1 SO 2 ) (n and m are each independently a natural number).
9. A polymer secondary battery comprising the gel electrolyte according to claim 1 in a secondary battery comprising at least a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
10. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 9 , comprising, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium-containing composite oxide.
11. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 9 , comprising, as a negative electrode active material, one or more materials selected from the group consisting of a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, lithium metal, a metal material capable of forming an alloy with lithium and an oxide material.
12. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 11 , comprising, as the negative electrode active material, a carbon material.
13. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the carbon material is graphite.
14. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the carbon material is amorphous carbon.
15. The polymer secondary battery according to claim 9 , comprising a film outer package.
16. A battery for a vehicle comprising the secondary battery according to claim 9 .
17. A vehicle using the battery for a vehicle according to claim 16 .